A condemned Texas inmate set for execution is awaiting word on whether Gov. Greg Abbott will accept the state parole board's rare clemency recommendation to spare the prisoner's life at the urging of his father.

At a CNN town hall following the Parkland school shooting, National Rifle Association spokeswoman Dana Loesch is pressed on the NRA's stance on banning the purchase of semi-automatic and fully automatic weapons.

A federal judge has ordered the state of Louisiana to pay more than $150,000 in fees and costs to attorneys for a man who successfully challenged a law that prevented him and other foreign-born U.S. citizens from getting married